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Show THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM The pl.it foi in iih filially adopted by Hh delegates to tho Democratic Mate umteiitlou In Id In l.ognu Is as lollowv: The Democratic p.uty or Utah, In convention tuseiiibled, Indorses tho phitfoim ur principles adopted by tho natlonnl part) nt Denver, embracing Mining man) other respects, tho great ' questions of economy In administration, administra-tion, abuse or legislative power, nils- i use or patronage, tariff and nn Income In-come tax. lights or the states, regulation regu-lation of trusts and corporations, popular election or senators, banking bank-ing laws and guaranteed deposits mei chant mailue and navy, labor atio injunction!, waterways, canals, co lonlal possessions, tho public domnlu publicity of 4tmpulgu coutrlbutloui before election and pledges Its ear pest support to llrjnii and Kern, the ' nominees for piesldent and tco-pres Ideut. Wo favor tho enactment of t direct primal y election law by which t.t leiiBt, all general olllces of the state, Including candidates for the United States senate, shall ho chosen by n dliect vote of the people. We favor such legislative action as will provide for a systematic, and vlgomus method of ronstrtictlilfi jiioper hlghvvnVH. W favor the conservation of tlte iCKOtircoH or the state and the rullest cooperation with the general government govern-ment In securing tho most economical economi-cal use or our grazing lauds, timber and water. We favor nn Intelligent, (indent nnd sclentlllc development of the forest lands. Wo favor the creating of the department de-partment of mines and mining, with Its head as a member of the cnhlnot; plso tire establishment or n huraeu of health, with powers nnd funds coin iiieiisurate with the Important duties to be elilillRted to It. We favor such steps ns tuny be lircessnrv to aid In the proper rerep lion of the (Iriuiil Armv nt Its next I'tinunl encampment In Snlt Lnko In '.Oft!) We favor pensions for the vet erniis nnd their families of nil who defended the sliugglliur territory In 'ts Indian wins, and we nlso fnvor tlm publication of nil records rela tlvn In service In the Indian wars of Utah nt the expense or the stnto ' Wo arraign the Republican parly In I this stnto for wnste of the public i (units of the people, evidenced by the unwarranted Inn ease or (he annual I expenditure of the stnto government We charge tlrnt much or tho tnxet tnken from (lie pomdo Is used to maintain olllceis not required for , public business, but whoso only fuiic- (Ion Is to keep the Republican partv In power, nnd therefore vvn demand Hint public expenditures shall bo so I lefornicd nnd safeguarded ns lo nbol I Ish all sinecures, that economy shnll j ho practiced In every public depnrt-' ment, nnd that tho business of tlw peoplo shall ho conducted on tho mom approved lines. Wo fnvor nil necessnry legislation for tho mnlntennnco of thu Btnto ralr to tho fullest oxtont. In Uio Interest of tho vnrled Industries of our commonwealth. com-monwealth. Public nfllco Is a publle trust, and nil omcehoIdorH nro public servants, nnd tho dictation of tiff tinmlnntlor. of a Bet of men for Btnto ofllccrs by r. coterlo of federal nppolntees Ih n leflertlon upon tho right nnd thn Judgment of thn peoplo of Ihls Btato pud subversive of tlio principles of our constltudnn We fnvor the ohcervrttico of the rne hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. February 12. 1000. and direct the Utah Demo crallc club to tako tho neressnry t-tetm to that end. together with otlinj political or civil orgnnlntlons of the Mate, nnd wo fnvor tho nnmlng ol Hint dnto ns n legal holiday. We therefore repent to every votet whi believes In eounl but not Bpeclnl privileges, who favor economy In nil branches of the government, wlir i lands for nn lioneBt bnllot nnu n lair count, who reveres tho const Uu 1 nn nnd opposes executive usumn (Ion, nnd Btnnd hv the nintto. "The people must rule" to 1nn with us In (ho Htinnorl of the national nnd slnte (nndldntes or our pnrty. j |
